Anchorage· Water Cay (Grand Bahama)· Bahamas — North
Water Cay Anchorage (Grand Bahama north shore, shoal draft)
26° 45.7′ N · 78° 31.0′ W · approximate
Water Cay sits on the shallow Little Bahama Bank about 2.5 nm off Grand Bahama's north shore. Southern Boating names it, with Hawksbill Creek, as worth exploring by small boat, and the north side's bonefishing as good as anywhere in The Bahamas.
Practical
Position is derived, not published: a point in open water about 0.2 nm west of Water Cay, placed by testing it against OpenStreetMap coastlines (Water Cay way 763262339; cay centred about 26.762 N / 78.505 W). No guide publishes an anchorage, depths or holding. Southern Boating frames Water Cay as a destination if you tow a speedboat, which suggests keelboats should not count on reaching it. The north shore of Grand Bahama is very shallow bank, so treat this as a reference point for a dinghy or shoal-draft trip, ideally from the Dover Sound end of the Grand Lucayan Waterway. Read the water in good light on a rising tide. No services. Expected lee is to the west of the cay in easterlies; exposed in fronts.
Best for
Small-boat bonefishing and exploring on the north-shore flats
Season
Settled weather only
Nearby
- North Riding Point Club (bonefishing lodge)10.9 NM away
- Ben's Cave and Burial Mound Cave11.3 NM away
- Lucayan National Park11.4 NM away
- Gold Rock Beach11.5 NM away
- Gold Rock Creek mangrove boardwalk11.8 NM away
- Coral Vita coral farm12.5 NM away
- Barbary Beach12.6 NM away
- Peterson Cay Anchorage (day stop)12.6 NM away
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